Occitan cycling, and the organizers of the UCI (junior men or ladies, hopes, professional) tests put the big gear … while waiting for the Tour de France next July.
The cyclists know the “holy” week, the one that leads the runners of the Tour des Flanders in Paris-Roubaix. Two monuments which crystallize all the attentions and which are the scene of epic fights, which can bring together up to 1 million spectators as on the last round.
Occitan cycling will experience unparalleled effervescence during the months of May and June 2025.
It will start with the U19s from Sunday, May 4 for the 5th edition of the Tour du Carmausin-Ségala in the North Tarn. A test registered in the Cup of the French U19 Cup and labeled UCI. This race to be born of runners in the making like the Irish siblings made up of Darren and Adam Flefety, or Baptiste Gillet all today professional. Last year it was the French champion Camille Charret who won. This 5th edition will undoubtedly be the most formidable with the presence of many foreign stables of clubs or selections. (1)
On Saturday May 10 and Sunday 11, the Tour of Gévaudan Occitanie Women (WJ 2.NCUP), the third round of the Junior Women’s Nations Cup will take over.
Two online steps appear on the Lozérienne event program. This time, the Jalabert climb is placed on the second day. Previously, the Loubière pass will have to be climbed. The first step will be disputed on a circuit drawn around the town of Balsieges. The winner will succeed the British Cat Ferguson. The Isard round, an international UCI test reserved for hopes runners will take place from May 21 to 25 (2). An edition which will be sponsored by the neo retired Lilian Calmejane, stage winner at the Vuelta in 2016 and in the Tour in 2017. He had won in 2014 the second stage which led the runners of Muret to Bagnères de Luchon, under the Deluge. The Ariège race always reveals immense champions like the “locals” Laurent Roux, Alexandre Geniez or even Pavel Sivakov but also foreign runners like the Germans Uwe Peschel, Mario Hernig, Irish Philip Deignan or Russian Denis Menchov.
Canceled in 2024 due to the Paris Olympic Games, the Route d’Occitanie will return from June 21 to 25. A notable change for this 48th edition, with the arrival as a title partner of the CIC bank already very involved in cycling and which will put its logo and in place of the Dépêche du Midi. But as usual, it will be the last stages in stages disputed by the runners before the departure of the Grande Boucle traditionally scheduled in June on four stages from Thursday to Sunday, the road from Occitanie Version 2025 will take place from Wednesday to Saturday, for the following reason, in fact, a new race appears in the international calendar, a classic of a day, fully disputed on the roads of Andorra, at the heart of the Pyrenees.
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#Cycling-U19 / The Tour du Carmausin-Ségala changes gear. – #magsport
(2) #cycling – Round Isard 2025 / a path to the summits. – #magsportArticle written by Borgne.
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